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Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

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J. F. OHMER. ZONE RECORDING FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, I919. I 1

' J. F. OHMER. ZONE RECORDING FA'RE REGISTER.

A PucAriou FILED mm. 26, I919.

Patented M- 16, 1919.

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JOHN F. OHMER, on DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR r0 onivxnnrann nners'rnnCOMPANY, or DAYTON, onro, A oonronn'rron on NEW YonK.

ZONE-RECORDING FARE-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed March 26, 1919. Serial No. 285,263.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. OHMER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomeryand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inZone-Recording Fare-Registers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fareregistering and recording mechanism or mechanism for registeringrecording and indicating fares collected on street cars, interurban carsand other conveyances. An important object of the invention is toprovide means by which fares may be collected, indicated and recordedthroughout a system of zones into which the car line is divided.

Another object of the said invention is to provide means by. which theprinting and zone-indicating mechanisms are locked when the printingmechanism is moved from a normal position. And other objectscontributing to useful results insuch type of mechanism will appear inthe description to follow and in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings i in general terms, Figure 1 is afront elevation of the machine with the casing thereof shown in section.Fig. 2 is an elevation of the left side of the machine with the casingshown in section. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the right side of theimpression mechanism. Fig. 4 .is a detail view of the key which is usedfor actuating the printing mechanism, and Fig. 5 is a view of a printedrecord taken from the machine. I

In a more particular description of the 'invention similar referencecharacters willdenote corresponding parts as they appear in' thedrawings. 7

1 designates a suitable frame mounted upon which is a counter supportingframe 2 which is instrumental in supporting among otherinstrumentalities, a series or plurality of counters 3. These countersin the present case are six in number and they are adapted to recordfour individual cash fares, passes and the total number of passengerscarried.

The said counters 3, their actuating mechanism (not shown) and theirprinting mechanism are substantially the same as shown in the patentgranted to Ohmer et al. February 25th, 1902, and numbered 694,322. Thesaid counters 3 are not of the gist of the inven;

tion'now being described therefore they will not be described in detail.

The frame 2 before referred to also supports a printing identificationkey or device 4, date printing wheels 5 which are set by drums 6, amachine number printing type 7, line number printing wheel 8, directionprinting wheel 9, trip number printing wheel 10 and a printing zoneindicator consisting of a printing wheel 11. The wheels 8 and 9 are setby drums .12 through suitable gears and telescopic shafts 13. Attachedto the outer of these telescopic shafts 13 is a visual zone indicatorconsisting of a drum 14 having on its periphery an even number of seriesof numbers. In the present case there are two series of fourdesignations, each in an ascending and descending order and reading asfollows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1. An even number of series of zonenumbers is provided to agree with the two directions of travel on a carline. The designations in the present case are numbers and represent thezones into which the car line on which the machine operates is divided.

The drum l4-is so located that the numbers thereon are individuallyexposed through a sight opening 15 in a casing 16, and the said drum 14is actuated to expose the: next successive zone number by the printingmechanism whenever the car reaches the end of each zone. Mounted on theside of the drum 14 is an intermittent gear 17 which is in operativerelation with an intermittent pinion 18. The said pinion 18 is mountedon the impression mechanism actuating shaft 19 which is journaled in theside plates 20 pivoted at 21 to the frame 1. The relation of the gears17 and 18 is such that the pinion 18 makes as many revolutions to eachrevolution of the drum as there are numbers on the periphery of the saiddrum, which in the present case is eight. The zone printing wheel 11 isactuated concurrently with the zone indicatingdrum 14 by gears 46. Theend of the shaft 19 opposite the pinion 18 is adapted to receive. a key22 shown in Fig. 4, and by means of which the impression mechanism isactuated as described in the hereinbefore mentioned patent.

Located in the frame 1 is a shaft 23 upon whichis mounted a visualindicating drum 24 which has on its periphery alternate desigationsindicating the direction of travel of the car which indications in thepresent case are In and Out. The direction drum 24 is actuated from thezone drum 14 through intermittent gears 25 and 26, the arrangement beingsuch that the direction drum 24 is moved one indication on each halfrevolution of the zone drum 14. The direction indicating drum 24 isvlsible through a sight opening 27 in the casing and said drum movesconcurrently with the direction printing indicator 9 through the trainof gearing 28, 29, 30 and 31.

The impression mechanism having the side plates 20. is held in anelevated position or printing position by hooks 32' which are. mountedon a. shaft 47 in the counter supporting frame 2, and engaging pins 48on the plates 20. As is described in the beforementioned patent theimpression mechanism is released from thev hooks 32 and permltted todrop whenever it is desired to replenish the, paper from which the.records are printed. Then this operation takes place in the. presentinstance the gears 17 and 18 are placed out of mesh, and to prevent thesaid gears becoming displaced, which would prevent their. proper timing,the following locking meansare provided. Mounted on the. frame 1adjacent to the zone drum 14, is a lever 33- pivoted at 34 and partiallyunder the control of a spring 35. This lever 33 is adapted to engage.the zone indicator to lock the same. The. said lever 33 is provided witha projection 36 which is adapted to enter between two of the teeth ofthe gear 17. The end of said lever 33 opposite the projection 36 isadapted to be engaged by the impression mechanism which, in the presentinstance is a pin 37 on one of the side plates 20. hen the impressionmechanism is up and in printing position the pin 37; engages the lever33 and holds the projection 36 away. from the gear 17, but when the saidimpression mechanism is lowered the pin 37 releases the lever and allowsthe spring. to place the projection 36 in engagement with the said gearand thus prevent the displacement of the drum 14. The end of theimpression mechanism shaft 19 which receives the key 22 is provided witha disk 38 havinga recess 39 therein. WVhen the said key 22 is out ofoperative position, the recess 39 receives the end. of a lat-ch 40mounted in a housing 41 and partially under the control. of a spring 42.The latch 40 prevents the shaft 19 turning when the key is out ofposition, and is forced out of the recess when it is desired to operatethe impression mechanism, by a cam 43 on the shank of the saidkey. Inorder to prevent the latch 40 being maliciously forced out of the recess39 thereby permitting the displacement of the pinion 18 when the impression mechanism is out of a normal position, the end. of said latchopposite the recess 39 is extended out of the housing 41 to engage adisk 44 mounted on the adjacent side frame 1. \Vhen the impressionmechanism is in a normal position and the latch is forced out of thesaid recess by the cam 43, the end of the said latch adjacent to thedisk rides into a recess 45 of the disk. In Fig. 3 the key 43 is inposition and the bolt 40 is in the outer position. When the impressionmechanism there shown is lowered on the pivots 21, the said key isextracted and the bolt lies within the recess 39. During the downwardmovement of said impression mechanism the outer end of the bolt 40 will.ride along the lower periphery of the disk 44, and said disk will thuslie in the path of the bolt, and lock the same in the recess 39 so thatthe shaft 19 may not be rotated. This condition remains until theimpression mechanism is elevated.

In Fig. 5 is shown a printed statement taken from the machine after thecar has made a complete round trip. The first column to the left is thezone column in which appears the designating number of the zones intheir consecutive order. Opposite each zone designating number is thevarious data considered necessary for the proper collection of fares.The arrangement and the information there contained may vary to suitconditions under which the car op crates. The various numbers appearingunder the cash fare designations are those representing the. number ofthe fares collected of the particular denominations, it being assumed inthe present instance that the fare will be three cents for each zone.

While in the. drawings I have illustrated a register adapted to operatea car line havmg four zones, it is to be understood that the machine canbemade to serve any number of zones without in the least departing fromthe scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a machine of the character specified, the combination ofimpression mechanism, locking means adapted to prevent said impressionmechanism being operated when said locking mechanism is uncontrolled, aninsertible member controlling said. locking means and by which saidimpression mechanism may be operated to take impressions, and means forpreventing the insertion of said member when the said impressionmechanism is in the lowered or inoperative posi tion.

2. In a machine of the character specified, the combination ofimpression mechanism including a shaft, a. latch adapted to lock saidshaft and therewith the said impression mechanism against printingoperation, an element controlling said latch to release it from thelocking position. and thereby permit of the said shaft and theimpression mechanism being operated, and means controlling saidlatch-controlling element when the said shaft and the impressionmechanism are in their lower or inoperative positions and whereby saidlatch cannot be released at such time.

3. In a machine of the character specified, the combination ofimpression mechanism, including a rotary shaft, a latch adapted to locksaid shaft, and a stop engaging said latch when the impression mechanismi lowered from its normal or operative position.

4:. In a machine of the character specified, the combination ofimpression mechanism including a shaft, a latch adapted to lock saidshaft, and a disk provided with a recess adapted to look said latch whenthe impression mechanism and therewith the shaft is lowered from anormal or operative position.

5. In a machine of the character specified, the combination with animpression device, of a zone indicator actuated by said impressiondevice, and a lock for said indicator controlled by said impressiondevice, Whereby said indicator is locked when the impression device ismoved from a normal or operative position.

Genie! of this patent may be obtained for 6. In a machine of thecharacter specified, the combination of an impression device, a zoneindicator actuated by said impression device, and a lever adapted toengage said zone indicator to lock the same, said lever being under thecontrol of the said impression device and adapted to be released therebyto lock the zone indicator when the impression device is moved from anoperative position.

7. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of animpression device, a zone indicator actuated by said impression device,a gear connected to said indicator, a lever in operative relation tosaid gear and said impression device and whereby said indicator islocked whenever the impression device is moved from an operativeposition.

8. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of animpression device, a zone indicator actuated by said impression device,a gear connected to said indicator,

a lever, a spring adapted to place said lever in engagement wlth saidgear to lock said indicator, said lever being in operative relation tothe printing mechanism whereby said indicator is locked whenever saidimpression device is moved from an operative position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN F. OHMER.

Washington, D. G.

